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Green sea turtles no longer ‘critically endangered’
The green sea turtle population is rebounding globally and Cayman’s conservation efforts are helping make that happen.
The International Union For Conservation Of Nature confirmed that the turtle was downgraded on Its Red List to ‘least Concern’. Headline – Cayman’s green sea turtle conservation helps global growth.
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How Cayman helped bring green sea turtles back from brink
Just after dawn, before the beaches fill with tourists, volunteers fan out across Cayman’s shoreline. Each morning, they walk mile after mile, scanning the soft sand for the distinctive tyre-track pattern left by a nesting turtle known locally as the batabano.
Every nest they find is carefully logged – data that allows experts at the Cayman Islands Department of Environment to protect the eggs and give hatchlings their best possible chance of survival.
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